"I busted my hand in the third round"-Nonito Donaire
Exclusive Nonito Donaire Post-Fight Interview: "I busted my hand in the third round"
August 17, 1:35 AM
Indianapolis Fight Sports Examiner
by Dennis "dSource" Guillermo
Donaire simply outclassed the heavier Concepcion and won with scores of 117-111, 115-113, and 116-112.
The fight was not supposed to go the distance as a lot of people predicted a knockout victory for Donaire. In fact, there were moments it seemed that Concepcion had Donaire in trouble. Donaire in his part showed tremendous heart and footwork by slipping and sliding everytime he would look like he was in danger. He also busted Concepcion's left eye early in the fight with his precision counter punching and as the compubox numbers indicated, Donaire's punches always found it's target.
Concepcion who allegedly weighed around 134 pounds during fight night and was 5 pounds overweight during their weigh-ins seemingly enjoyed the advantages of not having to work and dehydrate to hit the 115 weight limit the day before as he seemed more energetic and was able to brush off a lot of Donaire's hard punches. 5 pounds in the lower weight classes is like 20 pounds around the higher weights. Imagine a junior welterweight against a middleweight.
Concepcion though was able to get some success with his jabs, as Donaire had his guard down and left himself open a lot of times during the fight. At the end of the day though, Donaire simply was the better and more talented boxer in the ring and his skills were more than enough to earn him the victory.
Donaire showing his bruised and busted left hand.
It wasn't the best performance I've seen from Donaire but I found out today in my interview that Nonito busted his left hand in the third round, the same left hand that knocked Vic Darchinyan out in 2007. The injury compromised Nonito's fight strategy and was a main reason why he had to use his intelligence and his feet to control the fight.
August 17, 1:35 AM
Indianapolis Fight Sports Examiner
by Dennis "dSource" Guillermo
Donaire simply outclassed the heavier Concepcion and won with scores of 117-111, 115-113, and 116-112.
The fight was not supposed to go the distance as a lot of people predicted a knockout victory for Donaire. In fact, there were moments it seemed that Concepcion had Donaire in trouble. Donaire in his part showed tremendous heart and footwork by slipping and sliding everytime he would look like he was in danger. He also busted Concepcion's left eye early in the fight with his precision counter punching and as the compubox numbers indicated, Donaire's punches always found it's target.
Concepcion who allegedly weighed around 134 pounds during fight night and was 5 pounds overweight during their weigh-ins seemingly enjoyed the advantages of not having to work and dehydrate to hit the 115 weight limit the day before as he seemed more energetic and was able to brush off a lot of Donaire's hard punches. 5 pounds in the lower weight classes is like 20 pounds around the higher weights. Imagine a junior welterweight against a middleweight.
Concepcion though was able to get some success with his jabs, as Donaire had his guard down and left himself open a lot of times during the fight. At the end of the day though, Donaire simply was the better and more talented boxer in the ring and his skills were more than enough to earn him the victory.
Donaire showing his bruised and busted left hand.
It wasn't the best performance I've seen from Donaire but I found out today in my interview that Nonito busted his left hand in the third round, the same left hand that knocked Vic Darchinyan out in 2007. The injury compromised Nonito's fight strategy and was a main reason why he had to use his intelligence and his feet to control the fight.
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